- Issued:
- 2011-12-06
- Updated:
- 2011-12-06
RHSA-2011:1694 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Low: libcap security and bug fix update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Low
Topic
Updated libcap packages that fix one security issue and one bug are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.
Description
The libcap packages provide a library and tools for getting and setting
POSIX capabilities.
It was found that capsh did not change into the new root when using the
"--chroot" option. An application started via the "capsh --chroot" command
could use this flaw to escape the chroot restrictions. (CVE-2011-4099)
This update also fixes the following bug:
- Previously, the libcap packages did not contain the capsh(1) manual page.
With this update, the capsh(1) manual page is included. (BZ#730957)
All libcap users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to correct these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 722694 - CVE-2011-4099 capsh: does not chdir after chroot
- BZ - 730957 - Add missing capsh man page in libcap
CVEs
References
Note:
More recent versions of these packages may be available.
Click a package name for more details.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 2c2aef9f201cd53695ab0f505841152ba0b9a13ae4f598cd83c98ef83f0e4829 |
| x86_64 | |
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2d121127b5f3c769a2899e5ef97ec67d4fe974d6b30047664d87867ca5f5c021 |
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: dae8927e25f39c935ed7efe1bb17e051e9fbf118f49e43edfb98ebdfc39d564d |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fae9ca9fc8feba529bf14c47da8f24ed5e631a33c067387abf2be5a5becd3dcb |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9cc3d53a9f25aa3219cac5307c626638663b301ea89f5a544891b2bdba28028e |
| libcap-devel-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 629a1994bd21f168d9aca5e328a5303d4c8308d68186071ae2a836a12ef9dc91 |
| libcap-devel-2.16-5.5.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2175041a21fa34dc68fdff991ec3444d878c90bc9e1bb746f5e9d22fc423808e |
| i386 | |
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2d121127b5f3c769a2899e5ef97ec67d4fe974d6b30047664d87867ca5f5c021 |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fae9ca9fc8feba529bf14c47da8f24ed5e631a33c067387abf2be5a5becd3dcb |
| libcap-devel-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 629a1994bd21f168d9aca5e328a5303d4c8308d68186071ae2a836a12ef9dc91 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 2c2aef9f201cd53695ab0f505841152ba0b9a13ae4f598cd83c98ef83f0e4829 |
| x86_64 | |
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2d121127b5f3c769a2899e5ef97ec67d4fe974d6b30047664d87867ca5f5c021 |
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: dae8927e25f39c935ed7efe1bb17e051e9fbf118f49e43edfb98ebdfc39d564d |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fae9ca9fc8feba529bf14c47da8f24ed5e631a33c067387abf2be5a5becd3dcb |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9cc3d53a9f25aa3219cac5307c626638663b301ea89f5a544891b2bdba28028e |
| libcap-devel-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 629a1994bd21f168d9aca5e328a5303d4c8308d68186071ae2a836a12ef9dc91 |
| libcap-devel-2.16-5.5.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2175041a21fa34dc68fdff991ec3444d878c90bc9e1bb746f5e9d22fc423808e |
| i386 | |
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2d121127b5f3c769a2899e5ef97ec67d4fe974d6b30047664d87867ca5f5c021 |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fae9ca9fc8feba529bf14c47da8f24ed5e631a33c067387abf2be5a5becd3dcb |
| libcap-devel-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 629a1994bd21f168d9aca5e328a5303d4c8308d68186071ae2a836a12ef9dc91 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 2c2aef9f201cd53695ab0f505841152ba0b9a13ae4f598cd83c98ef83f0e4829 |
| x86_64 | |
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2d121127b5f3c769a2899e5ef97ec67d4fe974d6b30047664d87867ca5f5c021 |
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: dae8927e25f39c935ed7efe1bb17e051e9fbf118f49e43edfb98ebdfc39d564d |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fae9ca9fc8feba529bf14c47da8f24ed5e631a33c067387abf2be5a5becd3dcb |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fae9ca9fc8feba529bf14c47da8f24ed5e631a33c067387abf2be5a5becd3dcb |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9cc3d53a9f25aa3219cac5307c626638663b301ea89f5a544891b2bdba28028e |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9cc3d53a9f25aa3219cac5307c626638663b301ea89f5a544891b2bdba28028e |
| libcap-devel-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 629a1994bd21f168d9aca5e328a5303d4c8308d68186071ae2a836a12ef9dc91 |
| libcap-devel-2.16-5.5.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2175041a21fa34dc68fdff991ec3444d878c90bc9e1bb746f5e9d22fc423808e |
| i386 | |
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2d121127b5f3c769a2899e5ef97ec67d4fe974d6b30047664d87867ca5f5c021 |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fae9ca9fc8feba529bf14c47da8f24ed5e631a33c067387abf2be5a5becd3dcb |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fae9ca9fc8feba529bf14c47da8f24ed5e631a33c067387abf2be5a5becd3dcb |
| libcap-devel-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 629a1994bd21f168d9aca5e328a5303d4c8308d68186071ae2a836a12ef9dc91 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 2c2aef9f201cd53695ab0f505841152ba0b9a13ae4f598cd83c98ef83f0e4829 |
| s390x | |
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 82917afb4afed8e42560f9b7e67d99718c910115381a225cb85088369532de50 |
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: c8ea01b142c91ea5e41f38f0e6e4a74b1606e9ed3505e3d2561adf0cbf959ba2 |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 983e6fbb598e0aed9c0a733a85dded1a7b6147c5a012b9341998ff516a9122c4 |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 97392cdc7c383d7e9c4e0ab04f27fda7d7f9f9dec36346c876e602e45b0dee4b |
| libcap-devel-2.16-5.5.el6.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 0556c63a7f98a6f9a2d7b9e88b811e31401ce1f17fa5e38f890d1044346b2412 |
| libcap-devel-2.16-5.5.el6.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: f7f7dd289f13b5393590614ee32abb78340b04b7bbf55b99df4df7ab1285b12a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 2c2aef9f201cd53695ab0f505841152ba0b9a13ae4f598cd83c98ef83f0e4829 |
| ppc64 | |
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 526e15805cd966e15309d4471caee465a16b9a64a12dc4f9e878afc7c1ab23ef |
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 64a4f7ea899fa876d93f3b2f48bfddd71d601cf6f2c0ec02a04a42609ad8f87a |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 7184958a1a7f0980e1d336221410c9518f47ffae03c06efebcf7449d59f9a90e |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 740f22a3a32c85c6d6e20017aa2a33b59c7e302f1203fb49c43d51f6d7061607 |
| libcap-devel-2.16-5.5.el6.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 098a7da9f952815d4a304b8c41e4e409e7d9b8fbd3651f055f26b27868aaedce |
| libcap-devel-2.16-5.5.el6.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 510d4c75cfc11a7d43a4564813e1cd2e5bb53f65bf4d651f9ed7b1127826e17b |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 2c2aef9f201cd53695ab0f505841152ba0b9a13ae4f598cd83c98ef83f0e4829 |
| x86_64 | |
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2d121127b5f3c769a2899e5ef97ec67d4fe974d6b30047664d87867ca5f5c021 |
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: dae8927e25f39c935ed7efe1bb17e051e9fbf118f49e43edfb98ebdfc39d564d |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fae9ca9fc8feba529bf14c47da8f24ed5e631a33c067387abf2be5a5becd3dcb |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fae9ca9fc8feba529bf14c47da8f24ed5e631a33c067387abf2be5a5becd3dcb |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9cc3d53a9f25aa3219cac5307c626638663b301ea89f5a544891b2bdba28028e |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9cc3d53a9f25aa3219cac5307c626638663b301ea89f5a544891b2bdba28028e |
| libcap-devel-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 629a1994bd21f168d9aca5e328a5303d4c8308d68186071ae2a836a12ef9dc91 |
| libcap-devel-2.16-5.5.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2175041a21fa34dc68fdff991ec3444d878c90bc9e1bb746f5e9d22fc423808e |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 2c2aef9f201cd53695ab0f505841152ba0b9a13ae4f598cd83c98ef83f0e4829 |
| x86_64 | |
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2d121127b5f3c769a2899e5ef97ec67d4fe974d6b30047664d87867ca5f5c021 |
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: dae8927e25f39c935ed7efe1bb17e051e9fbf118f49e43edfb98ebdfc39d564d |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fae9ca9fc8feba529bf14c47da8f24ed5e631a33c067387abf2be5a5becd3dcb |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9cc3d53a9f25aa3219cac5307c626638663b301ea89f5a544891b2bdba28028e |
| libcap-devel-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 629a1994bd21f168d9aca5e328a5303d4c8308d68186071ae2a836a12ef9dc91 |
| libcap-devel-2.16-5.5.el6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2175041a21fa34dc68fdff991ec3444d878c90bc9e1bb746f5e9d22fc423808e |
| i386 | |
| libcap-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 2d121127b5f3c769a2899e5ef97ec67d4fe974d6b30047664d87867ca5f5c021 |
| libcap-debuginfo-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: fae9ca9fc8feba529bf14c47da8f24ed5e631a33c067387abf2be5a5becd3dcb |
| libcap-devel-2.16-5.5.el6.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 629a1994bd21f168d9aca5e328a5303d4c8308d68186071ae2a836a12ef9dc91 |
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